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Keeping Kentuckians in the dark on their health
This entry in the CJ is pretty interesting in what it doesn’t say: The future of health care was on the minds — and signs — of some 100 people who took the downtown Louisville amid the federal government shutdown. The assembly of concerned locals at the “Healthcare Not Authoritarianism” rally on Oct. 4 drew…
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Billionaire Bezos wants you to blame Democrats for shutdown
Jeff Bezos (net worth $233.7 billion) and his cronies on the editorial board of the Washington Post have decided to conjure up a trap for Democrats who are trying to save lives threatened by the Orange TACOs budget slashers. [T]he Democratic Party shut off any potential escape valve to avoid a shutdown, which began at…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 12
Rapture aftermath and shortcomings (instead of second comings); why our congressman fails us; entertaining in the past, and artistic expectations for the future. Some of the things we discuss: Bourbon & Beyond Louder Than Life St. James Court Art Show And let’s talk about a true martyr!
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 9
A look at life in the surveillance state, left vs. right politics and how we can all make a difference: Some of the things we discussed: And some of the videos we referred to. Josh Turek’s U.S. Senate campaign in Iowa: While Mike Flood pisses off Nebraska constituents: And a scene, in which AI highlights…
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Kentuckians are screwed. They just don’t know it yet.
Every Kentucky Republican in Congress has voted against foreign aid, and while they were at it, voted to gut public broadcasting. From Government Executive: President Donald Trump is expected to sign into law a measure that would claw back a total of $9 billion in funding that Congress previously approved for foreign assistance programs and…
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This is your life (and the GOP is planning to take it away)
From ActionNetwork.org: All across Kentucky, families are doing what it takes to care for loved ones and keep food on the table. But even as our communities take on new challenges to keep up with the high cost of living, many lawmakers in Washington are pushing dangerous policies that take direct aim at our wallets.…
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History repeats itself. Rerun is worse than the original.
Years ago, in another life, I referred to the attached cartoon to make this point about the Republican Party: I once asked if the worst case scenario was “Will they charge ahead full speed and drive that bus off the cliff and into a river of hungry crocodiles.” Then I modified that to: “Will they…
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Pro-life crowd voted to kill children
A large block of voters for the Space Nazi’s Orange Chia Pet made their choice because of their “pro-life” stance. So imagine their embarrassment over this (from the Courier Journal): As a pediatric cardiologist, my specialty is treating children’s hearts, but as a pediatrician, I also recognize that surrounding each heart is a child. My…
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Think housing, medical care and breathable air are human rights? Think again.
When you think things are as bad as they can be for the poor and infirm, the GOP finds new ways to make them worse. From the Herald Leader: Recently, the White House released the Administration’s proposed FY26 federal budget. The suggested cuts to housing and homeless services are dramatic. The proposed budget would slash…
